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Moore council adopts new fee schedule; water rates raised to match Oklahoma City charges
Summary
The Moore City Council on March 17 adopted Resolution No. 104.25 updating city fees — including increases to multiple water-rate categories tied to Oklahoma City charges — and approved Resolution No. 105.25 adopting the new schedule; the Moore Public Works Authority later approved a similar schedule.
The Moore City Council on March 17 adopted Resolution No. 104.25, which updates the city fee schedule and raises several categories of residential and commercial water rates, and then approved Resolution No. 105.25 adopting the revised schedule effective on approval. The council also removed a court-cost filing fee for criminal offenses and struck an off-site massage license from the fee schedule.
A city staff member said the largest change in Resolution No. 104.25 is to the water rates for multiple account types — residential, residential irrigation, commercial, commercial irrigation, multi-unit dwelling, condominium, construction and hotel/motel accounts — and confirmed those increases are driven by charges Moore is receiving from Oklahoma City. During discussion a council member asked for confirmation that the water-rate increases were driven by Oklahoma City rates; the staff response was recorded as "that is correct." The staff member also said removal of the off-site massage license followed a prior change to the city—s massage ordinance.
The council passed both resolutions on voice and roll-call votes. The roll calls recorded yes votes from Adam Webb, Kathy Griffith, Sid Porter and Louie Williams for the city resolutions; both items passed. The Moore Public Works Authority convened separately and approved Resolution No. 27025, adopting a matching schedule of fees for the MPWA; its vote was recorded as passing.
All three resolutions were described at the meeting as effective upon approval and to remain in effect until modified, amended or repealed. The meeting record did not provide detailed dollar-by-dollar tables in the spoken record; the resolutions and fee schedules were presented as documents accompanying the agenda.
Council members moved and seconded the items as recorded; the meeting minutes show the actions passed with the votes noted above.
